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sow one's wild oats
sow one's wild oatsTo indulge in wild behavior, especially sexual promiscuity, while young; from inexperienced farmers using the seed of wild oats (that would not produce a crop) and having to learn not to do this by experience.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | sow one's wild oats - live promiscuously and self-indulgentlysow one's oatspander, gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction to |
sow one's wild oats
sow (one's) wild oatsTo engage in rebelliousness or promiscuity, typically in one's youth before settling down. Bill and I had to break up because I was looking to get married, and he just wanted to sow his wild oats. You can't sow your wild oats forever! Soon, you'll want a wife and a house, and you'll regret the things you're doing now.See also: oat, sow, wildsow one's wild oatsBehave foolishly, immoderately or promiscuously when young, as in Brad has spent the last couple of years sowing his wild oats, but now he seems ready to settle down . This expression alludes to sowing inferior wild oats instead of good cultivated grain, the verb sowing-that is, "planting seed"-in particular suggesting sexual promiscuity. [Mid-1500s] See also: oat, sow, wildwild oats, to sow one'sTo behave foolishly and indulge in excess while one is young. The term has been around since at least the late sixteenth century. It alludes to sowing inferior wild grain instead of superior cultivated grain, analogous here to sexual promiscuity, and suggests that one will eventually outgrow such foolishness. As Thomas Hughes wrote in Tom Brown at Oxford (1861), “A young fellow must sow his wild oats,” but he then adds, “You can make nothing but a devil’s maxim of it.”See also: sow, wildsow one's wild oats
Synonyms for sow one's wild oatsverb live promiscuously and self-indulgentlySynonymsRelated Words |